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ESA Bulletin 160 (Nov 2014)22 December 2014
In this issue of the ESA Bulletin, there's a reminder of some of the amazing images from ESA's Rosetta mission, as we follow it from arrival at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in August to the landing of Philae last month. Read more

Thirty-five years of Ariane: how Ariane was born22 December 2014
As a new and crucial chapter is being written in the extraordinary Ariane saga, the space community is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the first Ariane flight, on 24 December 1979, which made the ambition of European access to space a reality.

ESA in Italy celebrates 50 years of Europe in space27 November 2014
ESA’s centre for Earth observation welcomed representatives of the Italian Government, European institutions and industry on Wednesday to an event marking 50 years of European cooperation in space. Guests including Stefania Giannini, Italy’s Minister...

The launch of MARECS B210 November 2014
On this day, 30 years ago, one of Europe’s first telecommunications satellites, MARECS B2, was launched. The MARECS maritime communications satellites were the first European satellites of their kind.